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Screens mail bound for new york city's city hall. a third was sent to mark glaze. here in washington he runs bloomberg's advocacy group mayors against illegal guns. all three letters share a shreveport, louisiana postmark and were mailed nearly two weeks ago. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams joins me now with the latest. pete, what do we know about this individual who law enforcement officials are questioning? se directly tied to this matter? >> i think it's going to be a long time before they say whether or not he is, luke. they're questioning him and his wife. they've taken material...

Letters who were sent from shreveport, louisiana, according to the american postal workers union and contained threats on the mayor and mentioned the debate of gun law in which bloomberg is an outspoken critic. bloomberg had this to say last night. let's take a listen. >> there was a letter who threatened us. let me tell you, i have confidence in the nypd and the fbi and their procedures. >> do you feel threatened? >> one of the letters was received at new york city's government mail facility and the emergency service workers who handled the letter showed minor symptoms of ricin exposure but t...

Be trying to identify by age but maybe a region where that person may have grown up, and obtained their language skills. >> as for their intended targets, mark glaze opened his letter right here next to his office in washington on sunday. now, a police report says he opened it, saw the threatening message, then dropped the letter onto a bench and called police. dplaz didn't want to go on camera with us, but so far he does not feel the effects of ricin poisoning. an expert is with me now. amy, if he handled this stuff, only externally, is he in danger? >> well, the problem he would have is if h...

Handle suspicious mail. however, the head of the gun control group personally opened the letter addressed to him according to a police report. mark glaze sent a message to friends saying he's fine and can't comment. the mayor's letter was opened last friday, on site tests prove negative. it was not sent to the national lab until wednesday when ricin tests came back positive. >> the first person who transported the material to the police lab, he said that he had some symptoms with his eyes watering. >> deb, was there a delay from the time the first letter was discovered to when it was actually ...

Facility yesterday. and that all three letters continue to be tested. all the preliminary tests appear to show positive hit for ricin. >> now in terms of the letter that did get through, because it went to mark glaze's consulting firm. was anyone injured, you know what is the status of that? did someone open this letter? >> he did. he apparently went for a walk. as explained to us, as is he received the letter, it was monday when he obtained it and went for a walk outside. and what was a beautiful day. in washington. and in a park, on a bench near his office. he opened the letter and out came ...